An Eddying Flight

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Royal Literary Fund Podcast - "The North Star"

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Jun 13, 2022
1 min

Writing Craft

Royal Literary Fund Podcast - "The North Star"

Hello, Dear Readers! Welcome back to An Eddying Flight, where this week I have a podcast for you from the Royal Literary Fund's Writers...

zdmarriott

May 9, 2022
6 min

Writing Craft

The Structure of an Argument

Hello, Dear Readers and welcome back to An Eddying Flight! Today I wanted to share some thoughts about how to get started with academic...

The Quest for Ultimate Form (& Why it Doesn't Work)

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Jan 10, 2022
13 min

Writing Craft

The Quest for Ultimate Form (& Why it Doesn't Work)

(Apologies in advance for the weird paragraph spacing throughout this whole piece. Wix's blog formatting is a complete mystery, and even...

The Plot Diamond, Part Three: Turning Plots into Stories

zdmarriott

Dec 6, 2021
5 min

Writing Craft

The Plot Diamond, Part Three: Turning Plots into Stories

Hello, and welcome back to An Eddying Flight. Today I'm tackling the final part of this process which has taken us from inspiration to...

The Plot Diamond, Part One: Turning Inspirations into Ideas

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Nov 22, 2021
7 min

Writing Craft

The Plot Diamond, Part One: Turning Inspirations into Ideas

Part one of a three-part series of posts on the nuts and bolts of transforming ideas and inspiration into a coherent plot.

zdmarriott

Nov 15, 2021
8 min

Journey to a PhD

Variations on a Theme

I spend an awful lot of time thinking about theme. I didn't always - or at least, I didn't consider it in those terms. I think my...